Apartments Rent the Sun and More S.L.

Placement organization

Name of organization: Apartments Rent the Sun and More S.L.
Town/city: Barcelona
Country: Spanje
Website: http://www.rentthesun.com

Name of student: Rebekka Peute

Specialist area: MT
Placement period: 2013-2014

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: accommodation
Organization’s activities: Renting apartments to customers from all over the world. Rent the Sun offers apartments in Barcelona, Madrid, Costa Brava, Lisbon, Rome, Florence, Venice. Managing some of these apartments in Barcelona.
Target group of the organization: Tourists, business people
Company culture: Informal company where you are able to show a lot of initiative.
Number of employees: 7
Dress code: casual
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Marketing, Check/in management, administration etc.
Brief description of your daily activities: Doing check-ins and check-outs, answering emails, adding new bookings, writing blogs, Social media, make plannings for the week, etc.
Brief description of your company assignment: A tactical Marketing plan for increasing the amount of Dutch customers for Rent the Sun. The plan has to be implemented at the end of my internship.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Supervision is perfect, you´ll get a lot of feedback and the supervisor is always around.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? very flexible, independent, teamplayer, very customer oriented
Additional company requirements for this placement? Microsoft Office, english writing skills
English: Advanced
Spanish: Basic
French: Basic
German: Basic
Italian: Basic
Other languages:

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: airplane or car

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? yourself
How did you go to work every day? public transport

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? No
Do you need a work permit? Yes, NIE-number
How did you arrange the necessary documents: Through the police office
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents? 2 hours
Did you need certain vaccinations? No
How long in advance?

Language course

Did you take a language course before you started your placement? No
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? Yes

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € 70
Accommodation (monthly): € 500
Local transport (monthly): € 30
General costs of living (monthly): € 400
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: € 10
What did the company pay for/to you? The company paid €150 euros for transport and financial compensation.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I did not prepare anything since Spain is not that different from the Netherlands.
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? No

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: 110849@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: Try not to find an apartment that is near a touristic attraction. The prices are incredible high and the noise during the night is terrible.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: There is so much to do in Barcelona, you could spend everyday finding new things in the city. Therefore it is hard to come up with a few possibilities. Of course, there is the beach, the high fashion clubs, restaurants and the famous touristic attractions, but there is so much more you need to descover all by yourself.

Media

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